2013 WRC3 Championship

The 2013 FIA WRC3 Championship was the first season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.^[1]

Unlike its predecessor, the Production Car World Rally Championship, the WRC3 Championship does not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to six events to score points in, and their best five results from these six events will count towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship is open to two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations.^[2]

Also in WRC3, the Citroën Top Driver was established. Within the WRC3, the drivers race in identical Citroën DS3 R3T cars, with the winner receiving the opportunity to race in the Citroën DS3 R5, in the 2014 season.^[3]

Sébastien Chardonnet clinched the Drivers' Championship at the Rallye de France-Alsace.^[4]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers will take part in the 2013 WRC3 season:

Team	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Class	Rounds
MY Racing^[5]	Citroën DS3 R3T	M	51	Sébastien Chardonnet^[5]	Thibault de la Haye^[5]	R3T	1
MY Racing^[5]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	51	Sébastien Chardonnet^[5]	Thibault de la Haye^[5]	R3T	4, 7–9, 11, 13
PH Sport^[5]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	52	Quentin Gilbert^[5]	Isabelle Galmiche^[5]	R3T	4, 7–9
PH Sport^[5]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	52	Quentin Gilbert^[5]	Renaud Jamoul^[6]	R3T	11, 13
Saintéloc Racing^[7]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	53	Renaud Poutot^[5]	Ludovic Viragh^[5]	R3T	1
				Alastair Fisher^[8]	Gordon Noble^[8]	R3T	4, 7–8
				Jean-Mathieu Leandri^[9]	Maxime Vilmot^[9]	R3T	13
			61	Simone Campedelli^[8]	Matteo Chiarcossi^[8]	R3T	4
			61	Simone Campedelli^[8]	Danilo Fappani^[10]	R3T	7–9
Citroën Procar^[8]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	56	Francesco Parli^[8]	Tania Canton^[8]	R3T	4, 7
Delta Rally^[8]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	57	Federico della Casa^[8]	Marco Menchini^[8]	R3T	4, 7–9
			59	Bryan Bouffier^[8]	Xavier Panseri^[8]	R3T	4, 7–8, 13
			62	Stéphane Consani^[11]	Maxime Vilmot^[11]	R3T	7
					Benjamin Veillas^[12]		8
					Jack Boyere^[13]		11
ADAC Team Weser-Ems^[8]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	58	Christian Riedemann^[8]	Lara Vanneste^[8]	R3T	4, 7–9, 11
ADAC Team Weser-Ems^[8]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	58	Jukka Korhonen^[9]	Marko Salminen^[9]	R3T	13
Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast^[8]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	60	Keith Cronin^[8]	Marshall Clarke^[8]	R3T	4, 7–9, 11, 13
Printsport Racing^[14]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	63	Jussi Vainionpää^[14]	Mika Juntunen^[14]	R3T	8
Abu Dhabi Racing^[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	64	Mohamed Al Mutawaa^[10]	Stephen McAuley^[10]	R3T	9, 12
Abu Dhabi Racing^[10]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	67	Mohamed Al Sahlawi^[15]	Allan Harryman^[15]	R3T	12
Autogomas Cantabria^[13]	Citroën DS3 R3T	P	65	Enrique García Ojeda^[13]	Borja Odriozola^[15]	R3T	11–12

Icon	Class
R1	Classification within Group R^‡
R2
R3

Notes:

^‡ — Additional letters refer to the specific designation of a car within each class under Group R rules.

Driver changes

After contesting the Rallye Monte Carlo in the WRC class, Bryan Bouffier entered the WRC3 series.^[8]
Sébastien Chardonnet will enter a Citroën DS3 built to R3T specifications and run with the support of the Citroën World Rally Team.^[5] Chardonnet had previously contested the 2012 Rallye de France — Alsace in a WRC-spec DS3.^[16]
Three-time British Rally Champion Keith Cronin entered a Citroën DS3 R3T at selected events.^[8]

Rally summaries

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers						Statistics
Round	Rally name	Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (15–20 January) — Results and report	1	51	Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	6:04:28.2	(18)^† 16	(478.42 km)^† 436.02 km	2	1
		—	53	Renaud Poutot Ludovic Viragh	Saintéloc Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	DNF
		—	52	Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche	PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T)	Withdrawn

2	Rally Sweden (8–10 February) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries^[17]					22	297.78 km	—	—

3	Rally Mexico (8–10 March) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries^[18]					23	396.82 km	—	—

4	Rally de Portugal (12–14 April) — Results and report	1	59	Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri	Delta Rally (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:38:52.5	15	386.73 km	9	6
		2	51	Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:48:59.1
		3	52	Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche	PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T)	5:04:43.8

5	Rally Argentina (3–5 May) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries^[19]					14	407.64 km	—	—

6	Acropolis Rally (31 May–2 June) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries^[20]					14	306.53 km	—	—

7	Rally Italia Sardegna (21–23 June) — Results and report	1	58	Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste	ADAC Team Weser Ems (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:52:39.9	16	304.50 km	10	9
		2	60	Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:57:45.3
		3	52	Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche	PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:01:59.2

8	Rally Finland (1–3 August) — Results and report	1	60	Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:06:35.4	23	324.21 km	9	6
		2	51	Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:07:49.9
		3	63	Jussi Vainionpää Mika Juntunen	Printsport Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:09:18.5

9	Rallye Deutschland (23–25 August) — Results and report	1	51	Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:39:32.6	(16)^† 15	(371.86 km)^† 330.78 km	7	5
		2	60	Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:41:56.9
		3	58	Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste	ADAC Team Weser Ems (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:02:20.3

10	Rally Australia (13–15 September) — Results and report	No WRC3 entries^[21]					22	352.36 km	—	—

11	Rallye de France Alsace (4–7 October) — Results and report	1	52	Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche	PH Sport (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:12:51.2	22	312.14 km	6	4
		2	51	Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:13:45.1
		3	60	Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:15:23.8

12	Rally Catalunya (25–27 October) — Results and report	1	65	Enrique García Ojeda Borja Odriozola	Autogomas Cantabria (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:57:11.8	15	355.92 km	3	3
		2	64	Mohamed Al Mutawaa Stephen McAuley	Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:14:07.1
		3	67	Mohamed Al Sahlawi Allan Harryman	Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T)	4:27:34.8

13	Wales Rally GB (15–17 November) — Results and report	1	58	Jukka Korhonen Marko Salminen	ADAC Team Weser Ems Citroën DS3 R3T	3:48:32.7	22	311.15 km	4	2
		2	60	Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast (Citroën DS3 R3T)	3:56:14.3
		3	59	Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri	Delta Rally (Citroën DS3 R3T)	DNF

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points
1	Sébastien Chardonnet	1			2			4	2	1		2			12	104
2	Keith Cronin				5			2	1	2		3		2	10	94
3	Quentin Gilbert	WD			3			3	5	5		1				75
4	Christian Riedemann				Ret			1	Ret	3		4				52
5	Mohamed Al Mutawaa									4			2			30
6	Bryan Bouffier				1			8	WD					Ret		29
7	Enrique García Ojeda											Ret	1			25
8	Jukka Korhonen													1		25
9	Simone Campedelli				6			Ret	4	Ret						20
10	Jussi Vainionpää								3							15
11	Mohamed Al Sahlawi												3			15
12	Alastair Fisher				4			9	Ret	WD						14
13	Federico della Casa				Ret			5	Ret	Ret						10
14	Francesco Parli				Ret			7	WD							6
EX	Stéphane Consani							6	6			WD†				0†
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

† – Stéphane Consani admitted illegally recceing a Rallye de France-Alsace stage on the month of October. This action result on the rally stewards having his points withdrawn and was suspended from the final two rounds of the season.^[22]

Co-Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points
1	Thibault de la Haye	1			2			4	2	1		2			12	104
2	Marshall Clarke				5			2	1	2		3		2	10	94
3	Lara Vanneste				Ret			1	Ret	3		4				52
4	Isabelle Galmiche	WD			3			3	5	5						50
5	Stephen McAuley									4			2			30
6	Xavier Panseri				1			8						Ret		29
7	Jamoul Renaud											1				25
8	Borja Odriozola											Ret	1			25
9	Marko Salminen													1		25
10	Maxime Vilmot							6	6					Ret		16
11	Mika Juntunen								3							15
12	Allan Harryman												3			15
13	Gordon Noble				4			9	Ret	WD						14
14	Danilo Fappani							Ret	4	Ret						12
15	Marco Menchini				Ret			5	Ret	Ret						10
16	Matteo Chiarcossi				6											8
17	Tania Canton				Ret			7	WD							6
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points
1	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast	60				2			2	1	1		1		2	18	111
2	ADAC Team Weser-Ems	58				Ret			1	Ret	2		2		1	0	86
3	Saintéloc Racing	53	Ret			1			3	Ret	WD				Ret	0	73
3	Saintéloc Racing	61				3			Ret	2	Ret					0	73
4	Autogomas Cantabria	65											Ret	1			25
Pos.	Team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Drops	Points

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www.fia.com/

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[WRC_2_3_and_J-1] "New system to boost entries". WRC.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[2013_sporting_regs.-2] "2013 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[3] "Citroen Top Driver series created". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[4] "WRC 3: Champagne for Chardonnet". WRC.com. WRC.com. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[MC_initial_entry_list-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "81e Rallye Monte Carlo 2013 Entry List" (PDF). rallye-magazin.de. Monte Carlo Rally. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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[2013_WRC3_Registration-7] "2013 FIA WRC 3 Championship — List of Registrations". FIA.com. FIA. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

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[Germany_Entry_List-10] "ADAC Rallye Deutschland Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Retrieved 1 August 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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[Rally_Finland_Start_List-12] "Rally Finland Start list". wrc.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

[Rallye_de_France_Alsace_Entry_List-13] "Rallye de France Alsace Entry List" (PDF). rallyedefrance.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

[Rally_Finland_Draft_Entry_List-14] "Rally Finland Draft Entry List" (PDF). nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[Rally_Spain_Entry_List-15] "Rally Spain Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[2012_France_Entry_List-16] "Rallye de France Entry List" (PDF). rallyedefrance.com. rallye de france. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[Sweden_final_entry_list-17] "Rally Sweden 2013 — Entry list 11. February 2013" (PDF). rallysweden.com. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[Mexico_Entries-18] "Rally Mexico Entry List" (PDF). rallymexico.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

[Argentina_draft_Entries-19] "Rally Argentina Draft Entry List" (PDF). rallyargentina.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

[Acropolis_Entry_List-20] "Acropolis Rally Entry List" (PDF). acropolisrally.gr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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